Usagi Yojimbo DojoBoard

This artist gave a talk at our school. It was amazing!

The night before, we were lucky enough to have him and his wife for dinner. He made a color sketch of me, and toured the Eclectic Comics "studios" (my drawing table in the basement/laundry room).

Definitely one of the high points of my career as a teacher.

Details here:

http://andrewwales.blogspot.com/2009/04 ... rneys.html

That's awesome! James Gurney is an amazing artist. I got to see several of his illustrations on display at the Norman Rockwell museum several years ago.

James is very nice guy. He used to live here in Pasadena.

We were talking about you. Were your ears burning? I told him about the dojo, we talked pens, and he saw the sketch I have you did in my classroom.

He gave an awesome presentation to our school. It showed his working processes, inspirations, and included a drawing demo and even a magic trick!

He drew on an easel that had a lazy susan attached. When you turned the drawing, it became something else. He got the idea from an old book of vaudeville acts. I guess drawings used to be part of the shows.